Roadway Design Lead Engineer

• Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
• Business Line:
  Transportation
• Work Location Model:
  Hybrid
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  US - Atlanta, GA - 1360 Peachtree St
• Compensation: USD 120,000 - USD 150,000 - yearly

Join AECOM’s Transportation team in Atlanta and take a leadership role in delivering complex, high-impact roadway projects across Georgia. As a Roadway Design Lead Engineer
, you will oversee day-to-day engineering production, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and drive the high-quality, on-time delivery of roadway design solutions. You’ll work closely with project leadership while mentoring technical staff and helping shape successful project outcomes. This position offers a hybrid work option
, blending flexibility with collaboration.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Lead day-to-day roadway engineering production, assigning tasks and maintaining schedule and quality
• Coordinate roadway design activities across disciplines to ensure technically sound and integrated deliverables
• Perform detailed QC reviews of calculations, models, plans, quantities, and estimates prior to submittals
• Ensure compliance with GDOT standards and Plan Development Process requirements
• Track task-level scope, schedule, and budget; proactively identify and communicate risks or issues to the PM
• Support development of design criteria and technical approach
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers to support team performance and development
• Participate in fee, scope, and staffing discussions to support efficient project delivery

Minimum:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or related discipline and 6 years of related roadway design experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Georgia PE License

Preferred:

• 8 years of experience designing roadway projects

• Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
• Relocation is not an option for this position

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